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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xǐ | xi3
English translation
(literary) to change one's residence
to move, to shift; to migrate

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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To step  chì out on a long journey 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

彳歨

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这些 zhè xiē diǎo 春天 chūn tiān Xiàng běi 迁徙 qiānxǐ ,秋天 qiū tiān 向南 xiàng nán 迁徙 qiānxǐ .

These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.

有些 yǒu xiē diǎo Suí 季节 jìjié 迁徙 qiānxǐ .

Some birds migrate as season changes.

冬天 dōng tiān shí ,许多 xǔduō 鸟类 niǎo lèi 迁徙 qiānxǐ 南方 nán fāng .

Many birds migrate south for the winter.

灰白 huī bái de 天空 tiānkōng 中满 shì 迁徙 qiānxǐ de 飞鸟 fēi niǎo

Migrating birds filled the pale sky.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
迁徙 qiānxǐ to migrate遷徙
(literary) to change one's residence
转徙 zhuǎn xǐ to migrate轉徙
曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn fig. to take preventive measures曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn

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